tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2021 Issue Q3

HIPAA: Evaluate Your ED’s Privacy Compliance With a Few Simple Tips

The government is ramping up HIPAA violations, not slowing them down. When the ED gets busy, adherence to the privacy rules can sometimes go out the window — but it shouldn’t. The Office of Civil Rights (OCR), which oversees the HIPAA program, scored one of its biggest settlements of all time last year, and has been on a roll in 2021 as well. Just last month, a Maryland-based medical practice revealed that “an unauthorized third party gained access” to its network, which included the private information of approximately 50,000 patients. Situations like this underscore how essential...

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